Core curriculum illustration: abdominal wood impalement injury from motor vehicle collision

Fadl, Shaimaa Abdelhassib; Ehlers, Annie P.; Wallace, Gabriel A.; Gross, Joel A.

doi:10.1007/s10140-017-1532-4

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“…However, manipulation of the window center and level revealed the inner complexity of the foreign material as being composed of multiple concentric rings. This attenuation pattern, in which wood appears as hypoattenuating as free gas on soft tissue window but is better delineated and identified on lung window, has been previously described in the literature . Additionally, the presence of free gas surrounding the FB and tracking from the rostral aspect of the FB through the retrobulbar space were supportive of a penetrating injury.…”

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Migration of retrobulbar wooden foreign body between diagnostic imaging and surgical extraction in a German shepherd dog

Cherry

Johnson

Hespel

et al. 2018

Veterinary Ophthalmology

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A 2‐year‐old, male castrated German shepherd dog was presented to the University of Tennessee Veterinary Medical Center (UTVMC) with periorbital swelling and conjunctival mucopurulent discharge 2 days following removal of a twig from the medial canthus by the owner. Diagnostic imaging was pursued due to the suspicion of a retrobulbar foreign body (FB). A cylindrical FB approximately 3.0 cm in length and 1.0 cm in diameter with concentric rings, suspected to be wooden material, was identified on computed tomography (CT) imaging. An attempt to remove the FB via a stab incision using ultrasound guidance was unsuccessful, and postmanipulation ultrasound confirmed the FB position was unchanged. An exploratory orbitotomy was performed, using the acquired CT images for guidance in locating the FB; however, the FB was not present at the predicted site. The CT imaging was repeated and showed that the FB had migrated rostrally approximately 3.0 cm, compared to the originally acquired study and its same location during attempted ultrasound‐guided removal. A combination of CT‐guided needle placement and contrast injection was then used with repeat imaging in an attempt to better localize the FB and its soft tissue tract. The dog was taken back into the operating room, and the wooden FB was successfully removed.

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Migration of retrobulbar wooden foreign body between diagnostic imaging and surgical extraction in a German shepherd dog

Cherry

Johnson

Hespel

et al. 2018

Veterinary Ophthalmology

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“…Impalement is a severe form of penetrating injury characterised by an object penetrating the body [27]. Objects causing impalement are often from parts of the external road environment such as wooden guard rails or metal fences, or tree branches [27,28,[33][34][35].…”

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Causes of fatalities in motor vehicle occupants: an overview

O'Donovan

Heuvel

Baldock³

et al. 2022

Forensic Sci Med Pathol

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Injuries from motor vehicle collisions are frequently encountered in routine forensic practice. While the most common lethal events involve blunt force trauma with injuries to the head and neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis and limbs, review of the literature and case files shows that a wide variety of other fatal situations can occur that may involve sharp force and penetrating trauma, incineration, drowning, asphyxia, organic diseases and combinations of these. The following overview details potential factors that may contribute to death following vehicle crashes.

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Core curriculum illustration: abdominal wood impalement injury from motor vehicle collision

Cited by 2 publications

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Migration of retrobulbar wooden foreign body between diagnostic imaging and surgical extraction in a German shepherd dog

Migration of retrobulbar wooden foreign body between diagnostic imaging and surgical extraction in a German shepherd dog

Causes of fatalities in motor vehicle occupants: an overview

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